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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Caleb (NUM 13:6) · Jephunneh (NUM 13:6)
OET-LV And_DOM the_field[s]_of the_city and_DOM villages_of_its they_gave to_Kālēⱱ/(Caleb) the_son_of Yəfunneh/(Jephunneh) (in)_possession_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) (although the surrounding countryside and villages had already been given to Yefuneh’s son Kalev (Caleb)).
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
But the fields and villages that were around the town had already been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his own property.
However, Caleb the son of Jephunneh had already received the fields and villages that surrounded the town as his own.
But: The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB translates as But indicates a contrast.
they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession: The Hebrew sentence places the object first to emphasize it. Use the order that is natural in your language.
the fields: The phrase the fields refers to the land around the town that was good for growing crops.
villages around the city: The phrase villages around the city refers to small settlements near the town that did not have a wall around them.
had given…to Caleb: The story of how Caleb received the town of Hebron was told in 14:6–15.
as his possession: The phrase as his possession can also be translated “as his property.”
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
But the fields and villages that were around the town had already been given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his own property.
However, Caleb the son of Jephunneh had already received the fields and villages that surrounded the town as his own.
OET-LV And_DOM the_field[s]_of the_city and_DOM villages_of_its they_gave to_Kālēⱱ/(Caleb) the_son_of Yəfunneh/(Jephunneh) (in)_possession_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) (although the surrounding countryside and villages had already been given to Yefuneh’s son Kalev (Caleb)).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.